Over the next week and a half I’ll be driving up to Washington state for the annual Lepidopterists’ Society meeting. It is located in the tourist-trap town of Leavenworth, which is a “Bavarian themed” diorama of postcard and clog shops. While I can never quite understand the appeal of themed towns, it is something . . . → Preberite več: On the road again
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And now for the even more infrequently reoccurring series, vox populi! For those without scarring high school memories of latin class (through no fault of my teacher) I’ll bring you up to speed – the title roughly translates to “voice of the people”. Here is another old e-mail that I’ve been saving. It is a . . . → Preberite več: Vox Populi, volume II Skupna raba tega!Welcome to volume eight of the inconsistently reoccurring series, Genij tiska. I came across this article recently regarding an endemic Puerto Rican butterfly. Who can tell me exactly why this report is misleading? It may be a little trickier than the standard GOP (I suggest discarding any previously associated acronyms with those letters). . . . → Preberite več: Genius of the Press VIII Skupna raba tega! 5 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti)  Entomologija  Metulji, Ohranjanje, Tekmovanje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Mediji
Welcome to The Moth and Me #12, and my first blog carnival. Despite blogging for a few months I have yet to take a look back and reflect on exactly how I became enamored with lepidoptera in the first place. Remembering a time or location where this happened is impossible, and like . . . → Preberite več: The Moth and Me #12 Skupna raba tega! 10 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Carnival, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Molji, The Moth and Me This moth is just about as rare as its paranormal namesake (except that it’s real) – it’s a Gazoryctra sp. in the family Hepialidae. They represent a basal lineage of the Lepidoptera and are commonly known as ghost moths or swift moths. Ghost – because males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Preberite več: Biology of a Ghost Skupna raba tega! 6 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Vedenje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Molji, Nove vrste Who can see what’s wrong with this article? Skupna raba tega!Ta nedavni članek v ameriški naravoslovec je sprejela drugi pogled na nekatere od slavno napihnjenih ocen vrst, nekatere pa višja 100 milijonov (Erwin, 1988). Ocene, ki so jih avtorji opravili, kažejo, da projekcije zgoraj 30 milijonov imajo verjetnosti <0.00001. Njihov ocenjeni razpon je bolj verjetno, da bo med 2.5 in . . . → Preberite več: Ocene Global Species raznovrstnosti Skupna raba tega!Just a few images of common California leps, taken along the coast range near Santa Cruz a few weeks ago. Starting to work my way through some photo backlog…
Euphydryas chalcedona
Plebejus acmon
Plebejus acmon
. . . → Preberite več: May Butterflies (and a moth) Skupna raba tega!For the rarely reoccurring quiz series, here is a new image. Who is this moth? Skupna raba tega!Za tiste Kalifornijce, ki berejo, predvsem tiste na jugu, bodite pozorni na tega čudovitega malega pajka, Latrodectus geometricus – rjava vdova. Arachnologists at UC Riverside are monitoring the spread of this invasive species. Ironično se izkaže, da ni tako nevaren kot naša domača črna vdova. Kljub temu, it is not . . . → Preberite več: Si me videl? Skupna raba tega! 2 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Entomologija, Invazivnih vrst, Non-Žuželke, Pajki |
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